Collection : 190 Inspirational and Motivational Quotes For Students In College

Students, are you looking for some motivation and inspiration to cope up with the college life? They have a lot going in their minds, so we have collected this list of motivational quotes, sayings (with images and pictures) for students in college which will boost their confidence and give them some clarity. This will encourage them to work hard in life and achieve their goals in life.

Upgrading from school to college is a different world. Students have to deal with educational goals, peer pressures, studies, exams, grades, competition and a lot more.

Preparing yourself gradually for the real world where you have to take up responsibilities is intimidating at times. At this point in life where students are constantly thinking about their future career and semesters, they tend to lose their zeal at times.

You may be a student about to graduate, or a fresher, or dealing with exam pressures or having pressures from your parents. These positive words of encouragement will help you cope up with the changing phases of your life.

Famous Inspirational Quotes For College Students 

1. “Hustle until you no longer have to introduce yourself.”
   

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2. “There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” – Beverly Sills
   

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3. “Grind while they sleep. Learn while they party. Live as they dream.”
   

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4. “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” – Andy McIntyre
   

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5. “Success doesn’t just come and find you, you have to go out and get it.”
   

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6. “Success is what comes after you stop making excuses.” – Luis Galarza
   

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7. “Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.” – Henry Ford
   

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8. “The path to success is to take massive, determined action.” – Tony Robbins
   

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9. “Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.” – Chinese proverb
   

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10. “Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.”
    

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11. “Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John Wooden
    

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12. “An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Frankin
    

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13. “Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day-in and day-out.” – Robert Collier
    

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14. “The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.” – B. B. King
    

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15. “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” – William Butler Yeats
    

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16. “Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.” – Anthony J. D’Angelo
    

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17. “The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differs from the dead. “– Aristotle
    

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18. “When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful.” – Eric Thomas
    

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19. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela
    

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20. “You will either step forward into growth, or you will step backward into safety.” – Abraham Maslow
    

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21. “Your goals are the roadmaps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life.” – Les Brown
    

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22. “Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.” – Malcolm X
    

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23. “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas A. Edison
    

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24. “Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.” – John Maxwell
    

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25. “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” – Pele
    

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Encouraging Words For Students in School

1. “Push yourself because no one else is going to do it.”
   

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2. “You are the only one who can limit your greatness.”
   

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3. “A year from now…we’ll see who was really working.”
   

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4. “Procrastination is the thief of time.”– Edward Young
   

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5. “Stop doubting yourself. Work hard and make it happen.”
   

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6. “Tough times don’t last. Tough people do.” – Robert H. Schuller
   

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7. “Don’t try to be perfect. Just try to be better than you were yesterday.”
   

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8. “You won’t get much done if you grind only on the days you feel good.”
   

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9. “You have to be at your strongest when you’re feeling at your weakest.”
   

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10. “There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.”– Zig Ziglar
    

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11. “Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it.” – Les Brown
    

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12. “Never stop trying. Never stop believing. Never give up. Your day will come. ”
    

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13. “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in, and day-out.”– Robert Collier
    

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14. “Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t planted.”– David Bly
    

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15. “A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”– David Brinkley
    

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Quotes To Help You Study Hard

1. “A little progress each day adds up to big results.”
   

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2. “It’s not about having time. It’s about making time.”
   

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3. “Losers quit when they’re tired. Winners quit when they’ve won.”
   

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4. “Skill is only developed by hours and hours of work.” – Usain Bolt
   

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5. “You will never always be motivated. You have to learn to be disciplined.”
   

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6. “Self-discipline is the magic power that makes you virtually unstoppable.”
   

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7. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney
   

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8. “Focus on doing the right things instead of a bunch of things.” – Mike Krieger
   

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9. “The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.” – Bruce Lee
   

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10. “Discipline is just choosing between what you want now and what you want most.”
    

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Determination Quotes For College Students 

1. “Wake up with determination. Go to bed with satisfaction.”
   

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2. “It never gets easier. You just get better.” – Jordan Hoechlin
   

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3. “You don’t get what you wish for. You get what you work for.”
   

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4. “The pain you feel today will be the strength you feel tomorrow.”
   

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5. “You don’t want to look back and know you could have done better.”
   

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6. “Successful people are not gifted; they just work hard, then succeed on purpose.”
   

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7. “Determination is doing what needs to be done even when you don’t feel like doing it.”
   

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8. “If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” – Jim Rohn
   

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9. “Not all hustle is loud. Sometimes hustle is just you, all alone, grinding, while no one hears a sound.”
   

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10. “Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.” – Newt Gingrich
    

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Quotes For Freshers In College

1. “It’s not about perfect. It’s about effort.” – Jillian Michaels
   

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2. “Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.”– Ralph Marston
   

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3. “Focus on your goal. Don’t look in any direction but ahead.”
   

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4. “You don’t get what you wish for. You get what you work for.”
   

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5. “Do something now; your future self will thank you for later.”
   

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6. “Don’t try to be perfect. Just try to be better than you were yesterday.”
   

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7. “Keep going. Everything you need will come to you at the perfect time.”
   

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8. “Even the greatest were beginners. Don’t be afraid to take that first step.”
   

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9. “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” – George Addair
   

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10. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”– Steve Jobs
    

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11. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”– Maya Angelou
    

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12. ‘The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do.” – Swati Sharma
    

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13. “If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” – Vincent Van Gogh
    

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14. “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson
    

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15. “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying ‘I will try again tomorrow’.”– Mary Anne Radmacher
    

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Inspirational Quotes For School Students

1. “Train your mind to see the good in any situation.”
   

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2. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
   

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3. “As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.”– Goethe
   

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4. “Don’t think about what might go wrong. Think about what might go right.”
   

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5. “Confidence is something you create in yourself by believing in who you are.”
   

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6. “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you are right.” – Henry Ford
   

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7. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”– C.S. Lewis
   

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8. “You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”– Michael Jordan
   

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9. “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.”– Mark Twain
   

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10. “Confidence is preparation. Everything else is beyond your control.”– Richard Kline
    

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11. “When you get to the end of the rope, tie a knot and hang on.”– Franklin D. Roosevelt
    

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12. “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.”– Jimmy Johnson
    

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13. “Remember…you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
    

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14. “Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.”- Vincent van Gogh
    

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15. “The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.” – Winston Churchill
    

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Quotes For Students In College And Graduation

1. Whatever you are, be a good one.”– Abraham Lincoln
   

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2. “Opportunities don’t happen. You create them.”– Chris Grosser
   

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3. “The true success is the person who invented himself.”– Al Goldstein
   

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4. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”– Steve Jobs
   

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5. “All progress takes place outside of your comfort zone.”– Michael John Bobak
   

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6. “Set a goal so big that you can’t achieve it until you grow into the person who can.”
   

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7. “Make the most of yourself….for that is all there is of you.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson
   

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8. “Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.”– W. Clement Stone
   

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9. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”– Franklin D. Roosevelt
   

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10. “Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above it.”– Washington Irving
    

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11. “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.”– Henry David Thoreau
    

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12. “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” – Paulo Coelho
    

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13. “Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable.”– Theodore N. Vail
    

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14. “With the realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world.”– Dalai Lama
    

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15. “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.”– Christian D. Larson
    

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Ananya Bhatt

I am Ananya a Graduate from Holmes College Sydney. I am a professional speaker and I love motivating people and inspire them to pursue their dreams. I have been an active contributor to The Random Vibez from last 2 years. Sharing quotes, proverbs, and sayings of great authors to touch people’s lives to make it better.